Recent cetacean sightings
Date | Time | Species | Adult | Juveniles | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 30, 2019 | 19:55 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 20 |
Pigean stream, Marine drive |
Neil Clague |
April 29, 2019 | 12:00 | Harbour Porpoise | 4 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 20 |
Cow Harbour. Calf of Man |
Neil, many others |
April 28, 2019 | 20:00 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 10 |
Fort Island |
Liz Charter |
April 28, 2019 | 14:25 | Bottlenose Dolphin | 25 | 0 | Fast swim or porpoising | 20 |
Ramsey bay |
Unknown |
April 24, 2019 | 17:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 5 |
Lower lighthouse looking east (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
April 22, 2019 | 19:00 | Unidentified Small Cetacean | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 30 |
Lower Lighthouse looking west (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
April 22, 2019 | 07:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
April 22, 2019 | 07:35 | Harbour Porpoise | 1 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
April 22, 2019 | 09:15 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 120 |
Bay Fine Port Erin |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
April 22, 2019 | 16:30 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Normal swimming | 2 |
N of Calf of Man ( Amulty ) |
Gemini Charter Bob Taylor |
April 21, 2019 | 11:45 | Risso’s Dolphin | 5 | 0 | Normal swimming | 60 |
Fiddler’s Green, Marine drive to Little Ness |
Allen S Moore |
April 20, 2019 | 18:05 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 7 |
Lower lighthouse by The Stack (Calf of Man) |
Di Swayne |
April 20, 2019 | 07:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 5 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 1 |
Upper lighthouse(Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
April 20, 2019 | 16:55 | Harbour Porpoise | 6 | 0 | Normal swimming | 1 |
Middle lighthouse (Calf of Man) |
Daniel Woollard |
April 20, 2019 | 18:45 | Harbour Porpoise | 2 | 0 | Feeding or foraging | 85 |
Bay Fine |
Chris Burton Shona Boat Trips |
Recent basking shark sightings
Date | Time | # of sharks (<2m) | # of sharks (2-8m) | # of sharks (>8m) | Total # of Sharks | Behaviour | Duration | Location | Observer |
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August 9, 2022 | 17:25 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 3 | Between Jurby and the Cronk | Andrea & Robert | |||
August 9, 2022 | 18:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Off Orrisdale Head | Andrea & Robert | ||
August 7, 2022 | 16:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Ballaghennie, Point of Ayre | Combine | |||
August 4, 2022 | 11:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Bay stacka, west of Sugarloaf | Stephen Cowley | ||
August 4, 2022 | 16:30 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 20 | Between Port Erin and the Sound | Phil M | ||
August 4, 2022 | 21:25 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Port Erin Bay | Andy Karran | ||
August 4, 2022 | 17:05 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | West of the Calf | Stanley Conlon | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:30 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | Edge of Peel bay | Chris Duff | |||
August 3, 2022 | 20:15 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Port Erin | Dan James | |||
August 3, 2022 | 15:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 30 | Niarbyl | Rosa | |||
July 29, 2022 | 09:30 | 1 | Swimming | 5 | 3 miles East of Calf of Man | STV Leader | |||
July 28, 2022 | 20:00 | 1 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 10 | 1 mile off Peel | Casey J | ||
July 27, 2022 | 13:00 | 1 | Tight circling | 10 | Gibdale Point | Peter Kay | |||
July 18, 2022 | 19:37 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 5 | Nine and a half miles NW of Calf Sound | Nina Shimmin | |||
July 16, 2022 | 18:00 | 1 | Suspected feeding | 80 | Port Erin | undeleeb din, Elasmomann |